Six new lenders accredited to British Business Bank Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)
Press release
- Bibby Financial Services, iwoca, Scania Financial Services, Triodos Bank UK, Ulster Community Investment Trust (UCIT), and Woodsford TradeBridge to join 60+ existing CBILS accredited lenders
Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved six new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
New lenders Bibby Financial Services, iwoca, Scania Financial Services, Triodos Bank UK, Ulster Community Investment Trust (UCIT), and Woodsford TradeBridge will be able to provide financial support to smaller businesses across the UK that are losing revenue and seeing their cashflow disrupted, as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Following their approval, each lender will be putting in place the operations required to start lending under the scheme and will confirm shortly the dates from which they will be ready to start receiving CBILS applications from smaller businesses across the UK.
Our accredited lenders have seen an incredible demand for Covid-19 business loan schemes since they became available. Accrediting these six additional finance providers means further support for smaller business customers and continues the British Business Bank’s long-term objective to offer more diverse sources of finance to smaller businesses. - Keith Morgan CEO, British Business Bank
Government published statistics show businesses have to date benefitted from over £22 billion in loans and guarantees to support their cashflow during the crisis through schemes delivered by the British Business Bank. This includes 40,564 facilities worth £7.25bn through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
The accelerated accreditation process the British Business Bank has put in place for coronavirus schemes means it has been able to increase the number of lenders on the CBILS scheme by 80% since the scheme’s launch, increasing the number from 41 to 74.
The Bank continues to review applications from a wide range of lender types – from PRA-regulated banks, to platform lenders, debt funds, invoice finance lenders, asset finance lenders and responsible finance lenders.
Coutts has also been accredited for CLBILS as part of RBS Group’s existing accreditation.
Notes to editors
The following lender has been newly accredited under the CBIL scheme:
| Lender | CBILS variant | CBILS offer |
|---|---|---|
| Bibby Financial Services | Invoice Finance | Bibby Financial Services can provide invoice finance top-up facilities from £10k to £5m to businesses trading on credit terms throughout the UK. |
| iwoca | Term Loans / Overdrafts | iwoca can provide term loans from £50,001 - £250k, lending to existing customers initially but with a view to new customers. |
| Scania Financial Services | Asset Finance | Scania Financial Services can provide asset finance loans between £25k -£5million to SME businesses throughout the UK. |
| Triodos Bank UK | Term Loans / Overdrafts | Triodos Bank UK can provide term loans and overdrafts from £50,001 to £5m for companies, organisations and entrepreneurs across the UK who seek, through their activity, to benefit people and the planet. |
| Ulster Community Investment Trust (UCIT) | Term Loans | UCIT can provide term loans from £50,001 to £250k to social enterprises and charities within Northern Ireland. |
| Woodsford TradeBridge | Term loans / Invoice Finance | Woodsford TradeBridge provide flexible working capital facilities of up to £5m to boost liquidity, enhance margins and help accelerate growth. |
About the British Business Bank
The British Business Bank is the UK government’s economic development bank. Established in November 2014, its mission is to make finance markets for smaller businesses work more effectively, enabling those businesses to prosper, grow and build UK economic activity. Its remit is to design, deliver and efficiently manage UK-wide smaller business access to finance programmes for the UK government.
The British Business Bank programmes are supporting more than £7.2bn of finance to over 93,000 smaller businesses (as at end of September 2019).
As well as increasing both supply and diversity of finance for UK smaller businesses through its programmes, the Bank works to raise awareness of the finance options available to smaller businesses:
The British Business Bank Finance Hub provides independent and impartial information to high-growth businesses about their finance options, featuring short films, expert guides, checklists and articles from finance providers to help make their application a success. The new site also features case studies and learnings from real businesses to guide businesses through the process of applying for growth finance.
As the holding company of the group operating under the trading name of British Business Bank, British Business Bank plc is wholly owned by HM Government and is not authorised or regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) or the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The British Business Bank operates under its own brand name through a number of subsidiaries, none of which are authorised and regulated by the FCA.
British Business Bank plc and its principal operating subsidiaries are not banking institutions and do not operate as such. A complete legal structure chart for British Business Bank plc and its subsidiaries can be found on the British Business Bank plc website.
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